[b]I've been watching videos on how to write longer material when I realized a major flaw in my writing! Scene design. I've been writing it as if I've been watching it. In light of this, I've been considering writing a revision of all my previous posts, let me know if you're interested in the comments.[/b] The air dropped in temperature as the Taken arrived, pockets of the space around Slingshot distorting as several Blights appeared. The Psions who had arrived before had opened fire, and Slingshot was forced to take cover behind anything they could get their heads under. Bullets continued to fly as Taken Knights popped into shape and began an onslaught of explosive fire. The smell of the forest was eliminated by smoke from the fires that the Knights created with their power, and the Psions began to flank them. "We gotta do something!" Toaster yelled, blasting away an attacker. "I second!" Ralph said as his cover began to crumble. He fired two shots. "I'm too lazy to die!" "Well that's strange!" Shift said as he wrestled a Psion to the ground. "I thought death was expected, with all that talk earlier!" "Shift!" Toaster and Ralph said simultaneously. "Jinx!" Toaster yelled. "Jinx! Ah butter chips!" Ralph cursed. "You're doing this now- oh forget it. Toaster I need a distraction!" Shift yelled over the noise of battle. "Like what?" He yelled back. "I don't know! Just come up with something!' Shift said, the tree he was using as a wall caught fire. "Quick!" Toaster, pressured and unsure what to do, just started charging out, screaming. He barreled over towards a Knight, making roadkill of a group of Psions in his way. The Knight turned and opened fire, seemingly panicked as the shots flew awry. The explosions threw large rocks which immediately began to float in the unnatural effect of the forest, Toaster bashing one away to the right with a swing. He launched over at his target, wrapping his arms around its waist, tackling it and still screaming. They hit the ground, Toaster on top of his opponent. He began swinging and punching rapidly out of instinct, further disorienting the Knight. Its partner turned aiming at Toaster and began firing. Toaster raised his arms instinctively, covering his eyes. "Ralph! Get those Psions!" Shift yelled as he vaulted a rock and charged forward. Ralph obeyed and fired wildly into the Psions, killing most of them. Shift continued his charge, shoving Psions out of the way before firing at the other Knight with his SMG, who raised an arm to protect its face as bullets peppered its flank. Shift jumped at it, butting the top of its head with the stock of the gun before landing. Toaster took and opportunity and grabbed the arm of the Knight he tackled as it tried to shoot him, pointing it as Shift's Knight, blasting it in the chest. Shift sprayed it with lead as it went down. Toaster finished it off, drawing his auto rifle and holding the Knight down, holding his weapon to its face and opened fire. Ralph yanked his knife out of the last Psion, tossing it behind him in the process. "Dang Toaster, that was AWESOME." He said, sheathing his knife. "Hey I helped!" Shift complained. "Yeah...but Toaster did most of it." Ralph said, waving to Toaster. Toaster was quivering slightly. "Toaster you alright buddy? You're shaking." Ralph said. Toaster noticed he was shaking and shrugged. He then accidently fired his rifle, jumping at the sound. "...Let's just call that excitement." Shift said, keeping an arm's distance away from him. He looked down the path as another howl echoed, signaling the appearance of additional enemies. "Hopefully our other neighbors are pansies." "With our luck? They probably beat up Legionnaires in their spare time." Ralph said. "Or Captains." Toaster added. "You guys aren't helping!" Shift said, climbing further into the forest in the direction of the noise. "And the Taken most likely want to steal the sandwich we're trying to buy for Xol, let's go!" "Terrible metaphor, Snickers was better." Ralph said. "Jolly Rancher?" Toaster tried. "Shut up, we got company. And they're definitely not friendly to guests." Shift pointed as Taken Goblins advanced, twitching the whole way down. Shift shot, a Goblin dying as it dissipated in a wormhole effect. A few of the goblins stopped and projected beams at the Goblins in front of the group. Shift shot at them, only to watch as they got absorbed, dealing no damage. "Oh bother." Ralph said, dodging bullets. "That's an issue." He tried a grenade, but it hardly slowed their progress, and they marched forward. The grenade however, did bounce near one of the Goblins shielding another, and it stumbled. The beam halted and the Goblin being shielded died as Shift lit it up. "Guess it doesn't go both ways." Shift observed. "Shoot the ones in the back!" He yelled. "What?" Toaster asked, as he fired uselessly at one near him. "The ones not moving Toaster!" Ralph said, hand cannon cracking as a shielding Goblin went down. He tried shooting another before he got shot down by the Goblin who had been shielded, dead. "Shoot the others too!" Constellation screamed as he appeared. Shots flew by and he dived for cover. "Ah! Shoot!" Shift caught the Goblin, grabbing it in the best headlock he could manage. The Goblin struggled and fought, tossing Shift around like a ragdoll as he held on. "Toaster! Help Con! Ow!" He yelped as the Goblin stepped on his foot. "Okay you think that's funny Hamish? OW! SONOVU!" Toaster helped Constellation revive Ralph who shook his head, sitting up. He shot the Goblin Shift was grappling with and Shift fell on his face, fighting the open air as it disappeared. He pushed off the ground groaning. Ralph held out a hand and Shift went to grab it, but at the last second Ralph pulled away and Shift stumbled again, he pounded the ground with both fists repeatedly. "I knew! I just [i]knew[/i] were going to do that!" He complained, still on his stomach. "Uh...Guys?" Toaster said, shooting. "Uh... what do we do?" Ralph and Shift turned, Shift on his knees now. "For the love of pickled peas! REALLY?" Ralph said gesturing with both hands. Two Goblins were shielding the other, making them both invulnerable. Shift checked his watch and Toaster held his hands confused, turning to the others awkwardly. Ralph just stood with his arms crossed, grumbling. [b]That's better! A reminder to let me know what you want to see in the Side Quests! Table of Contents below and Destiny Fanfiction Archive! Ciao![/b] [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Groups/Post?groupId=1371758&postId=244561414&sort=0&page=0]Table of Contents[/url] [url=http://www.bungie.net/en/Forums/Post/245771343?sort=0&page=0]Destiny Fanfiction Archive[/url]